According to Wikipedia, “antojitos are a type of street food that is usually eaten as an aperitif.” They are usually made “based on corn, high in fat (often fried) and accompanied by a chili sauce, and it is generally part of a fast and informal meal.”
With the arrival of Europeans to American lands, other ingredients such as wheat, pork, lettuce, among others, were introduced to our gastronomy.

Salvadoran Nuegados (Buñuelos)

The egg nuegados accompanied with a corn  chilate (hot drink made with corn masa, ginger, and allspice) is a Salvadoran delicacy that now you can also enjoy because the Salvadoran …

Salvadorean Cabbage Sauerkraut (Pickled cabbage and vegetables)

In El Salvador we accompany pupusas, pastries, fried yucca and other foods (mainly street foods) with this delicious cabbage and tanned vegetables. It is very easy to prepare and can …

Riguas – Griddled Fresh sweet Corn Patties on Banana Leaves

In El Salvador, Riguas are delicious crescent-shaped patties made with young sweet white corn, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked on a griddle. Remember that you can share your recipe …

Sweet Corn Tamales

Delicious corn tamales with cheese just like how my grandmother made them, step by step and with images and video.

French Fries from El Salvador

Without a doubt one of my favorite street food dishes in El Salvador is French fries with grated soft hard cheese, mayonnaise and ketchup. Now, you will not have to …

Bread is a type of baked food. It is made mainly of wheat flour and water. Usually a little salt, yeast (to make it rise) and sugar are added. Bread is one of the most popular foods on our planet. The first bread was made more than 12,000 years ago, but it was quite stale. Over time, the Egyptians realized that allowing wheat dough to ferment causes it to gas and rise, producing a softer bread.

Egg Yolk Bread for Torrejas

This egg yolk bread can be used to make delicious Salvadoran Torrejas . Remember that you can watch the YouTube video up here in the image carousel slider. Link para la …

Pegaditos

Pegaditos bread are a soft and fluffy bread, with a light, tiny, sweet touch. I loved eating them when I lived in El Salvador and I love even more being …

Salvadoran French Bread

In El Salvador, French bread has become a staple, especially enjoyed for breakfast. French bread is also used to make Pan con Pollo (Chicken Sandwich) . Sigue el link para la …

Salvadorean Quesadilla

The Salvadoran quesadilla, unlike the Mexican quesadilla, is a soft, thin, and moist pound cake made with cheese and cream. Sigue este link para la receta de quesadilla en Español.

Breakfast provides the body with the fuel it needs after a long night of fasting. That is where its name breakfast comes from. It helps to restore the glucose levels necessary for the functioning of our brain and gives us energy to start the day. Let’s discover and cook the delicious breakfasts of our beautiful countries in America.

Beans and Cheese Pupusas

The beans-and-cheese pupusa  is one of the most popular varieties of pupusa in El Salvador. Accompany these pupusas with a delicious homemade tomato sauce and a delicious pickled cabbage with vegetables . Follow …

Salvadoran Torrejas

For this recipe we are going to use the bread for torreja. Follow this link to the recipe for Egg Yolk Bread.   Link hacia la receta en Español. Remember …

Cheese Pupusas

In El Salvador we always accompany pupusas with tomato sauce and with cabbage and vegetable tanning. Follow this link to see more delicious varieties of Salvadoran pupusas. Remember to watch my home videos of …

Riguas – Griddled Fresh sweet Corn Patties on Banana Leaves

In El Salvador, Riguas are delicious crescent-shaped patties made with young sweet white corn, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked on a griddle. Remember that you can share your recipe …

Chicken Tamales from El Salvador — Tamales in Banana Leaves

You have to try these Salvadoran tamales. They are the best tamales you will ever have. My mother-in-law taught me how to make them many years ago and everyone love them. …

Sweet Corn Tamales

Delicious corn tamales with cheese just like how my grandmother made them, step by step and with images and video.

Mexican Pozole

Pozole is one of my favorite Mexican foods. This recipe that I share with you is the result of several experiments while learning how to prepare it. I find it delicious but …

Homemade Pizza with Cheese Crust

As kids in El Salvador, my husband and I watched the pizza commercials on TV and we wished it could be us on TV, eating it. Finally, growing up and …

Dessert: Food, generally sweet, served at the end of a meal. Its origin comes from the Latin «poster» or «postĕri» which comes later. The term applies to a wide variety of confections, such as cakes, tarts, cookies, jellies, pies, ice cream, sweet bread, puddings, custards, fruits and sweet soups.

Salvadoran Torrejas

For this recipe we are going to use the bread for torreja. Follow this link to the recipe for Egg Yolk Bread.   Link hacia la receta en Español. Remember …

Salvadoran Nuegados (Buñuelos)

The egg nuegados accompanied with a corn  chilate (hot drink made with corn masa, ginger, and allspice) is a Salvadoran delicacy that now you can also enjoy because the Salvadoran …

Apples and Sour Cream Cake

This delicious sour cream cake is my own invention. It may have existed before. I do not know. But I came up with the recipe because we had too many …

Salvadorean Plantain Empanadas with Milk Filling

One of my favorite memories of my childhood is of the rare occasions in which the seller of plantain empanadas passed by my house. She almost never came by our …

Salvadorean Quesadilla

The Salvadoran quesadilla, unlike the Mexican quesadilla, is a soft, thin, and moist pound cake made with cheese and cream. Sigue este link para la receta de quesadilla en Español.

Pumpkin in Syrup | Candied Pumpkin

When I was a child, I loved the pumpkin harvest season as that meant my grandmother would prepare them in brown sugar cane syrup. The pumpkin from my country have …

Sugar Doughnuts

Very easy recipe for soft and fluffy sugar doughnuts in simple steps to follow!

Sweet Corn Atole — Hot Sweet Corn and Milk Beberage

Delicious hot sweet corn and milk beverage just like the one grandma used to make…

Sweet Corn Tamales

Delicious corn tamales with cheese just like how my grandmother made them, step by step and with images and video.

Eating a healthy dinner helps you maintain your weight. When you make a habit of skipping meals, your body begins to conserve calories and slow down your metabolism.
Dinner needs to be lighter than lunch, but just as nutritious and balanced. Don’t skip this meal. It keeps your system running for the next 12 hours … Enjoy your dinner with one of these delicious creations:

Mexican Pozole

Pozole is one of my favorite Mexican foods. This recipe that I share with you is the result of several experiments while learning how to prepare it. I find it delicious but …

Beans and Cheese Pupusas

The beans-and-cheese pupusa  is one of the most popular varieties of pupusa in El Salvador. Accompany these pupusas with a delicious homemade tomato sauce and a delicious pickled cabbage with vegetables . Follow …

Cheese Pupusas

In El Salvador we always accompany pupusas with tomato sauce and with cabbage and vegetable tanning. Follow this link to see more delicious varieties of Salvadoran pupusas. Remember to watch my home videos of …

Salvadorean Cabbage Sauerkraut (Pickled cabbage and vegetables)

In El Salvador we accompany pupusas, pastries, fried yucca and other foods (mainly street foods) with this delicious cabbage and tanned vegetables. It is very easy to prepare and can …

Homemade Pizza with Cheese Crust

As kids in El Salvador, my husband and I watched the pizza commercials on TV and we wished it could be us on TV, eating it. Finally, growing up and …

Riguas – Griddled Fresh sweet Corn Patties on Banana Leaves

In El Salvador, Riguas are delicious crescent-shaped patties made with young sweet white corn, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked on a griddle. Remember that you can share your recipe …

Chicken Tamales from El Salvador — Tamales in Banana Leaves

You have to try these Salvadoran tamales. They are the best tamales you will ever have. My mother-in-law taught me how to make them many years ago and everyone love them. …

Salvadorean Chicken Sandwich

There is no doubt that a New Year’s Eve or a Christmas eve party in El Salvador is not complete without Pan con Pollo (Chicken Sandwich). Discover how easy it …

Sweet Corn Tamales

Delicious corn tamales with cheese just like how my grandmother made them, step by step and with images and video.

Hot Fruit Punch

No Mexican Christmas is truly a Christmas without a hot and delicious Fruit Punch. This typical and famous punch is prepared by cooking different varieties of fruits with piloncillo or Panela, …

Sweet Corn Atole — Hot Sweet Corn and Milk Beberage

Delicious hot sweet corn and milk beverage just like the one grandma used to make…

Lunch is eaten around noon. Lunch is commonly the second meal of the day, after breakfast. The size varies, depending on the culture and significant variations exist in different areas of the world. Enjoy one of those variations preparing one of these delicious lunches from our countries of America.

Mexican Pozole

Pozole is one of my favorite Mexican foods. This recipe that I share with you is the result of several experiments while learning how to prepare it. I find it delicious but …

Beans and Cheese Pupusas

The beans-and-cheese pupusa  is one of the most popular varieties of pupusa in El Salvador. Accompany these pupusas with a delicious homemade tomato sauce and a delicious pickled cabbage with vegetables . Follow …

Cheese Pupusas

In El Salvador we always accompany pupusas with tomato sauce and with cabbage and vegetable tanning. Follow this link to see more delicious varieties of Salvadoran pupusas. Remember to watch my home videos of …

Salvadorean Cabbage Sauerkraut (Pickled cabbage and vegetables)

In El Salvador we accompany pupusas, pastries, fried yucca and other foods (mainly street foods) with this delicious cabbage and tanned vegetables. It is very easy to prepare and can …

Homemade Pizza with Cheese Crust

As kids in El Salvador, my husband and I watched the pizza commercials on TV and we wished it could be us on TV, eating it. Finally, growing up and …

Riguas – Griddled Fresh sweet Corn Patties on Banana Leaves

In El Salvador, Riguas are delicious crescent-shaped patties made with young sweet white corn, wrapped in banana leaves and cooked on a griddle. Remember that you can share your recipe …

Chicken Tamales from El Salvador — Tamales in Banana Leaves

You have to try these Salvadoran tamales. They are the best tamales you will ever have. My mother-in-law taught me how to make them many years ago and everyone love them. …

Salvadorean Chicken Sandwich

There is no doubt that a New Year’s Eve or a Christmas eve party in El Salvador is not complete without Pan con Pollo (Chicken Sandwich). Discover how easy it …

Sweet Corn Tamales

Delicious corn tamales with cheese just like how my grandmother made them, step by step and with images and video.

Both terms are sometimes used interchangeably. However, there are characteristics that differentiate them.
The confectionery is the craft of sweets. The confectioners make from cakes, with fruit, jam, fillings, confectionery products, cakes and chocolates and are usually made by hand.
The pastry shop, in general, is based on the elaboration of more elaborate desserts such as cakes, cakes, restaurant desserts, mousses and sweets.

Egg Yolk Bread for Torrejas

This egg yolk bread can be used to make delicious Salvadoran Torrejas . Remember that you can watch the YouTube video up here in the image carousel slider. Link para la …

Salvadoran Torrejas

For this recipe we are going to use the bread for torreja. Follow this link to the recipe for Egg Yolk Bread.   Link hacia la receta en Español. Remember …

Apples and Sour Cream Cake

This delicious sour cream cake is my own invention. It may have existed before. I do not know. But I came up with the recipe because we had too many …

Salvadorean Quesadilla

The Salvadoran quesadilla, unlike the Mexican quesadilla, is a soft, thin, and moist pound cake made with cheese and cream. Sigue este link para la receta de quesadilla en Español.

Sugar Doughnuts

Very easy recipe for soft and fluffy sugar doughnuts in simple steps to follow!

Salvadorean Tomato Sauce

This delicious tomato sauce can be used for many things, in addition to accompanying the delicious pupusas . I also use it to make pizzas , stewed chicken, to eat with tortilla chips and more. …

While vegetarians choose not to eat animals, vegans avoid eating animals or any derivatives, including milk, eggs, and honey, and even avoid using animal-derived products. Veganism is an animal-cruelty-free lifestyle.

Salvadorean Cabbage Sauerkraut (Pickled cabbage and vegetables)

In El Salvador we accompany pupusas, pastries, fried yucca and other foods (mainly street foods) with this delicious cabbage and tanned vegetables. It is very easy to prepare and can …

People who follow a vegetarian diet never eat meat, fish, and chicken. Instead, their meals consist of varieties of plants, from roots to leaves and flowers. The reasons why many people choose to be vegetarian are various. Some believe that it is a healthier lifestyle, others do it for health reasons, because they do not like to eat meat, for ethical reasons or simply to try something different. No matter your reason, here you will find delicious vegetarian recipes to enjoy.

Salvadorean Tomato Sauce

This delicious tomato sauce can be used for many things, in addition to accompanying the delicious pupusas . I also use it to make pizzas , stewed chicken, to eat with tortilla chips and more. …

Salvadorean Cabbage Sauerkraut (Pickled cabbage and vegetables)

In El Salvador we accompany pupusas, pastries, fried yucca and other foods (mainly street foods) with this delicious cabbage and tanned vegetables. It is very easy to prepare and can …

Sweet Corn Tamales

Delicious corn tamales with cheese just like how my grandmother made them, step by step and with images and video.